EU's Controversial Car-Pollution Test Plan Wins Final Approval

  • European Parliament backs law on real-driving-emission checks
  • Veto motion by assembly's environmental committee falls short
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A diluted European Union plan to test cars’ smog-causing pollution under real-driving conditions cleared the final hurdle, with supporters promising that air will get cleaner and critics alleging that too little was learned from the Volkswagen AG cheating scandal.

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